Do you hanker for the nostalgic feeling of typing on a manual typewriter? Tom Hanks has the solution. The free Hanx Writer app for iPad, created by the actor in partnership with creative agency ...

When I want to get some serious distraction-free writing done, I turn to an old Royal manual typewriter. Call me a hipster all you want, but there’s something about manually throwing keys around on a ...

Tom Hanks’ name can do more than sell a movie, it seems. His recently launched, hipster-ish typewriter app for iPad, Hanx Writer, has now shot to the top of the iTunes App Store, ranking No. 1 in both ...

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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) --On today's Apptastic and Outta Site -- Hanx Writer. Tom Hanks might be known most for his acting chops, but now you can add developer to his resume. Hanx Writer turns your phone ...

Celebrities throwing their names behind products are nothing new. Ronald Reagan hawked cigarettes, Kim Kardashian has her own mobile game, even the Simpsons made the jump. Still there's something odd ...

WHAT'S GOOD: Hankering for your old Royal, Remington, Underwood, Smith Corona or IBM Selectric? Typewriter enthusiast and collector Tom Hanks -- yes, that Tom Hanks -- came up with the idea to create ...

Welcome to the technological frontier of 2014: Dueling typewriter apps for the iPad. The upstart rival, Typing Writer, was launched in July by The Rumpus. The literary website’s founder, Stephen ...

Tom Hanks has a new app out. You read that correctly, not a movie, but an app. It's called the Hanx Writer, and it is a technological testament to a serious disease that afflicts the poor man. Call it ...

Right around the age when you were supposed to know whether you wanted to become a fireman or a doctor, I was certain that I wanted to work as a grocery-store clerk. I found the sounds of the ...